Just like your opinions on this issue. I drove my M6 to work today, nice cool air, lots of power.

In Ontario (name your state / province), you get charged with "Street Racing" if you go 50 km/h+ over the speed limit and your car get confiscated for 7 days at the side of the road and a maximum fine of $10,000.

I spoke to a senior police official at a social event a few weeks ago and the new rule in Ontario has effectively created a new cruising speed of 140-145 km/h on the highways (limit is 100 km / h).

Back to this morning, I am cruising at 145 km/h and minivans with neutered males are passing at 160 km/h. In the good old days, that wouldn't happen....now with the new rules, I rare go above 150 km /h.

What a waste of a good car..... Are our cars wasted on today's highways? I track the M6 2-3 times a year, not enough.

Should I get a Miata or a Cayman??

Sucks to fear the law.

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Just like your opinions on this issue. I drove my M6 to work today, nice cool air, lots of power.

In Ontario (name your state / province), you get charged with "Street Racing" if you go 50 km/h+ over the speed limit and your car get confiscated for 7 days at the side of the road and a maximum fine of $10,000.

I spoke to a senior police official at a social event a few weeks ago and the new rule in Ontario has effectively created a new cruising speed of 140-145 km/h on the highways (limit is 100 km / h).

Back to this morning, I am cruising at 145 km/h and minivans with neutered males are passing at 160 km/h. In the good old days, that wouldn't happen....now with the new rules, I rare go above 150 km /h.

What a waste of a good car..... Are our cars wasted on today's highways? I track the M6 2-3 times a year, not enough.

What a waste of a good car..... Are our cars wasted on today's highways? I track the M6 2-3 times a year, not enough.

Should I get a Miata or a Cayman??

Of course, they're a waste. But you probably bought it for other reasons, too.

You can't really drive any high performance car on public streets. It's not only not safe, but it just gets you all frustrated and tense. No point, really, when you think about it logically. But it's your emotional side that makes you think illogically

Buy a Cayman and track it. More fun on the track than the M6, imho.

Buy a Plain Jane 7er or Merc or something else for putzing around going to work, traveling, doing errands, etc..

Just like your opinions on this issue. I drove my M6 to work today, nice cool air, lots of power.

In Ontario (name your state / province), you get charged with "Street Racing" if you go 50 km/h+ over the speed limit and your car get confiscated for 7 days at the side of the road and a maximum fine of $10,000.

I spoke to a senior police official at a social event a few weeks ago and the new rule in Ontario has effectively created a new cruising speed of 140-145 km/h on the highways (limit is 100 km / h).

Back to this morning, I am cruising at 145 km/h and minivans with neutered males are passing at 160 km/h. In the good old days, that wouldn't happen....now with the new rules, I rare go above 150 km /h.

What a waste of a good car..... Are our cars wasted on today's highways? I track the M6 2-3 times a year, not enough.

Should I get a Miata or a Cayman??

Sucks to fear the law.

Not sure what you are trying to say, it seems like you guys just got more freedom to travel faster on the highway......so you get to drive faster in your M.

Buy a Plain Jane 7er or Merc or something else for putzing around going to work, traveling, doing errands, etc..

Best of both worlds.....

I completely agree! I've driven both an M6 and an Cayman S at several local track events and I've lapped quicker on the Cayman S with a 6MT than in the M6 with SMG, and I'm not exactly the greatest driver or all that adept at hell-toe shifting in the Porsche. The Cayman S is one of the most balanced cars around the track, and extremely fun and easy to drive to boot. It's even more balanced than its ass-engined bigger brothers, including the GT3. The M6 just felt heavy, and more or less felt like my M5 lumbering through the slower corners. Like the M5, the M6 was built for autobahn triple digit cruising.

Well.... I agree with your thoughts, although the reason we buy all this HP is because "it's nice to know it's there", right ?

I can empathize though, because the VERY FIRST time I floored my C63 off the line, using the manual/paddles, I got PULLED OVER. Yep, just seconds into my first "holy crap this is quick" experience, there were flashing lights in my rear view mirror. For no freaking reason... I did not exceed the legal limit, I braked hard once I reached it. Since I was first in line at the stoplight (the only chance I ever get to floor it off the line) the cop said "were you racing someone?"

We don't need and can rarely use this much HP on the street or the freeway, but... it's nice to know it's there and be "the big dog" isn't it?